A preliminary investigation for moral harassment targeting a high-ranking gendarmerie was opened on December 27 after a report from the director general of the national gendarmerie (DGGN), we learned Friday from the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information of the
Parisian
.
The report made by the DGGN, Christian Rodriguez, had been sent to the prosecution on October 10, 2022, said the prosecution.
According to Le Parisien, General Rodriguez took legal action after receiving several alerts about the "
brutal management
" of this general, former commander of the Judicial Pole of the National Gendarmerie (PJGN) and now retired.
acts of humiliation
Contacted by AFP, the implicated general said he had not been made aware of this report and said he disputed the accusations of harassment.
The moral harassment investigation was entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie (IGGN).
During an administrative investigation carried out within the PJGN, “
between five and ten people would have confirmed the story of a harsh command that offends people, with acts considered humiliating
”, relates
the Parisian
.
A scientific expert, this general commanded the Institute for Criminal Research of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) before taking the helm of the PJGN.
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He developed the IRCGN, an essential technical structure in genetic expertise, by providing it with a mobile laboratory for in situ DNA analysis.
This tool was notably used in the crash of a Germanwings airliner in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in 2015 or in the attack on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice in 2016. More recently, it was used by IRCGN gendarmes sent to Ukraine in the spring to identify victims and determine the causes of their death.
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